100 Best Video Games of All Time

[Kaos]

Play IX while you're at it too, tends to get overlooked eventhough its brilliant.

 

[Wumminator]

KOTOR should NOT be so low in a list like this.

 

[Saliph]

Half-Life
Half-Life 2
Command and Conquer '95 (soundtrack is one of the greats)

 

[Chrisjn]

What about this list.

The 100 Greatest Games Of All Time| Dungeon Keeper 2 | Empire | www.empireonline.com

 

[Kaos]

KOTOR should NOT be so low in a list like this.

x2, top 20 at the very least. Easily one of the best games to be released in the last decade or so.

 

[Snow]

Age of Empires II: Conquerors, Heroes of Might and Magic III: Armageddon's Blade, and the whole Warcraft series needs to be in there.

Expansions aren't games. They're expansions. Heroes of Might and Magic III is the game that would be considered.

Bloody thing pretty much ruined my first semester in college. Three guys who just passed the laptop between us during lectures.

 

[Doogie]

I posted this once. Think I still stand by it, at least those are the games I've enjoyed the most.

Grim Fandango (PC)
Nintendo World Cup (NES)
Heroes of Might and Magic III (PC)
Mario Kart (SNES)
Duke Nukem 3d (PC)

If I have to add more games they would probably be Super Mario Bros 3, Championship Manager 97/98, FIFA World Cup 98, Half Life and Need for Speed 2 SE

 

[Alwyn]

Is GoldenEye even there?

 

[Stobzilla]

VIII is brilliant.

 

[SharkyMcShark]

I have played

Quake III
F Zero GX
KOTOR
Yoshi's Island
Super Smash Bros Melee
Team Fortress 2
Counter Strike
Doom II
Sim City 3000
Geometry Wars Retro Evolved 2
Assassins Creed II
Halo 3
Left 4 Dead 2
Half Life
GTA San Andreas
Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion
Mario 64
Deus Ex
CoD4
Resident Evil 4
Mario Galaxy
Mass Effect 2
Half Life 2
GTA 4
Tetris
Portal

Things in bold deserve to be there, everything else has no place.

 

[Red_Aaron]

RE4 has no place but ACII does? well, each to their own i guess

i admire them for giving the list a go, its an impossible task really. Was a few i didn't agree with but they tried to stick to their criteria for the most part and its a fairly good list overall.

thought they got the street fighter choice wrong, SFIII is the best installment imo and not putting FFVII or Ocarina on there was just being controversial for the sake of it i reckon

I'd have Half Life 2 at no.1

 

[Massive Spanner]

Fairly spot on in the JRPGs for me at least, apart from no FFVII which is plain old blasphemy. But the top 2, Chrono Trigger and FFVI are my top 2 as well.

Chrono Trigger is the best game I've ever played.

 

[Team Brian GB]

I am also surprised that the oringnal Doom wasn't there, in and around the top 5, if you want to talk about the best and most influential games then it is certainly one of them.

 

[Kaos]

I have played

Quake III
F Zero GX
KOTOR
Yoshi's Island
Super Smash Bros Melee
Team Fortress 2
Counter Strike
Doom II
Sim City 3000
Geometry Wars Retro Evolved 2
Assassins Creed II
Halo 3
Left 4 Dead 2
Half Life
GTA San Andreas
Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion
Mario 64
Deus Ex
CoD4
Resident Evil 4
Mario Galaxy
Mass Effect 2
Half Life 2
GTA 4
Tetris
Portal

Things in bold deserve to be there, everything else has no place.

I'd disagree with Oblivion - terrific game but its a dumbed down Morrowind with nicer visuals, and thats another game they've shamelessly not included.

 

[Legendz]

Can't believe Halo 3 is in there over Halo 2. Mental.

 

[Kaos]

Neither deserve to be there tbh. You might feel obliged to include the first Halo since that revolutionised the genre on consoles, but the remaining games are nothing more than polished but generic shooters.

 

[SharkyMcShark]

Oh bollocks I forgot to highlight RE4 on my list.

These are games that I felt needed to be there

Battlefield 1942
Battlefield 2
Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast
Max Payne 2
Saints Row II
Football Manager 2007

 

[marrakoosh]

I think Sharky makes a good point about Jedi Knight and Max Payne 2.

Then there's also Baldur's Gate. WHAT A GAME.

Chrono Trigger's a deserved top game. Upset by no Theme Hospital, Dungeon Keeper, Syndicate or Theme Park. Bullfrog deserve to be in there somewhere for one of their games!

Also, XCOM Enemy Unknown?! Or is that just too much wishful thinking on my part. Favourite game EVER.

 

[Kaos]

Ahhh Theme hospital, nostalgia-overload! Must have clocked as much hours on that as I have on Morrowind.

R.I.P Bullfrog, can't forgive EA for fecking them over.

 

[marrakoosh]

Ahhh Theme hospital, nostalgia-overload! Must have clocked as much hours on that as I have on Morrowind.

R.I.P Bullfrog, can't forgive EA for fecking them over.

Some of the best early PC games.

Populous as well! Ahhhh Molyneux you god.

 

[Adzzz]

Donkey Kong 64 > Super Mario 64

Although SM64 really was such a breath of fresh air, the annoying music and camera-work often angered me.

Also, FF7..

How a list can actually miss out the greatest game of all time is very strange.

 

[Team Brian GB]

I have played

Quake III
F Zero GX
KOTOR
Yoshi's Island
Super Smash Bros Melee
Team Fortress 2
Counter Strike
Doom II
Sim City 3000
Geometry Wars Retro Evolved 2
Assassins Creed II
Halo 3
Left 4 Dead 2
Half Life
GTA San Andreas
Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion
Mario 64
Deus Ex
CoD4
Resident Evil 4
Mario Galaxy
Mass Effect 2
Half Life 2
GTA 4
Tetris
Portal

Things in bold deserve to be there, everything else has no place.

DuckTales
Donkey Kong
F Zero GX
Donkey Kong Country
Knights of the Old Republic - up
Yoshi’s Island
Sonic CD
Soul Calibur
Advance Wars
Burnout 3
Doom 2 - up
Sim City 3000
Super Mario Kart
Halo 3
Mega Man 2
GTA: San Andreas - down
Twilight Princess - down
Super Mario 64 - up
Civilisation IV - down
Metal Gear Solid - up
Call of Duty 4
Resident Evil 4
A Link to the Past
Super Mario Galaxy
Mass Effect 2 - down
Super Metroid
Super Mario Brothers 3
The Wind Waker - down
GTA IV - down
Tetris - down

 

[Team Brian GB]

Donkey Kong 64 > Super Mario 64

Blasphemy, I was a big fan of DK64 - moreso than Banjo Kazooie though it isn't superior to SM64, I played it not to long ago and found the camera to be very annoying.

 

[Adzzz]

Blasphemy, I was a big fan of DK64 - moreso than Banjo Kazooie though it isn't superior to SM64, I played it not to long ago and found the camera to be very annoying.

I forgot Banjo Kazooie, I preferred that to both of them funnily enough.

I just think DK64 was a more enjoyable game overall, the camera was marginally better than SM for me. Plus, it had multiplayer!

 

[Gio]

Load of bullshit from a writer that has no clue about what he is talking about. Probably looks like Elvis with more acne.

You probably choked on your paella when you seen Bubble Bobble languishing out in 95th place.

 

[Team Brian GB]

I forgot Banjo Kazooie, I preferred that to both of them funnily enough.

I just think DK64 was a more enjoyable game overall, the camera was marginally better than SM for me. Plus, it had multiplayer!

It did have some very good features, being able to change characters in-game for instance. I also found the mini-game where you charge around as a rhino very addictive.

I'm not sure what to think of the 'rap'

 

[CassiusClaymore]

Right the best games ever are these - (This is the definitive list so feck you if you disagree)

Super Mario Kart
Frogger
Airborne Ranger
Double Dragon
Space Invaders
Call of Duty Modern Warfare
Mario 64
Zelda Ocarina
Forza 2
Shinobi
MIcroprose Soccer
ISS 64
Mass Effect 2
Ninja Gaiden
Resi 4
Dead Space
GTA San Andreas
That old vector graphic Star Wars game in the big cabinet
Out Run
Streetfighter 2
Halo
Banjo Kazooie
Diddy Kong Racing
Goldeneye

Right, how many is that? I'm bored.

 

[amolbhatia50k]

Right the best games ever are these - (This is the definitive list so feck you if you disagree)

Super Mario Kart
Frogger
Airborne Ranger
Double Dragon
Space Invaders
Call of Duty Modern Warfare
Mario 64
Zelda Ocarina
Forza 2
Shinobi
MIcroprose Soccer
ISS 64
Mass Effect 2
Ninja Gaiden
Resi 4
Dead Space
GTA San Andreas
That old vector graphic Star Wars game in the big cabinet
Out Run
Streetfighter 2
Halo
Banjo Kazooie
Diddy Kong Racing
Goldeneye

Right, how many is that? I'm bored.

No Tetris!? And no Pong?

What!!!

 

[CassiusClaymore]

No. Tetris is for autistics and Pong is just a shit Virtua Tennis. That's a good point actually...

Virtua Tennis 2
Half Life 2
Metroid Prime
Black
Guitar Haro 2

How many is that? It's pretty streamlined.

 

[SharkyMcShark]

Why do I still know this word for word even though I've not played this in over a decade

 

[amolbhatia50k]

No. Tetris is for autistics and Pong is just a shit Virtua Tennis. That's a good point actually...

Virtua Tennis 2
Half Life 2
Metroid Prime
Black
Guitar Haro 2

How many is that? It's pretty streamlined.

5. Counting is easy.

 

[Xander45]

Why do I still know this word for word even though I've not played this in over a decade

My excuse is the silly amount of time i spent playing Super Smash Bros.

 

[Spoony]

No Super Metroid?

 

[Team Brian GB]

No Super Metroid?

It was there, I think around 10th.

 

[forevrared]

Is Myst on there? If not, feck off.

 

[Wonder Pigeon]

Why do I still know this word for word even though I've not played this in over a decade

"C'mon Cranky, take it to the fridge!"

It was ridiculous then and it's ridiculous now.

Donkey Kong 64 was good fun mostly but it can feck right off with that DK Coin bullshit.

 

[Team Brian GB]

Also, no Goldeneye is mental

I remember going into HMV in Oxford Circus a few days after Halo 3 came out, they were promoting it very heavily and had a Master Chief walking around in a big metal suit. He came up to me and asked what my favourite shooting game was, I said Goldeneye.

 

[Dumbstar]

Where were the classics like Space Harrier, Outrun, R-Type, Nemesis, Gradius, etc? Not top 10 material probably but surely top 100!

 

[Kaos]

I remember going into HMV in Oxford Circus a few days after Halo 3 came out, they were promoting it very heavily and had a Master Chief walking around in a big metal suit. He came up to me and asked what my favourite shooting game was, I said Goldeneye.

Should have told him it was Zelda, that woulda confused the feck out of him.

 

[rednev]

Half Life is the best video game ever.